Julius leede



(No Model.) J. LEEDE.

PROGESS'OF MIXING AND CONS TIMING HYDROGARBON WITH 'QPULVERIZED EARTH.

NITED STATES PArEN-r. OF ICE.-

JULIUS LEEDE, OF \VASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR ONE-HALF TO GRANVILLE H. OURY,

OF FLORENCE, ARIZONA TERRITORY,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,236, dated January 22, 1884.

Application filed August 30, 1883. x model.)

To all whom it may concern -Be it known that I, JULIUs LEEDE, resid-' ing at Washington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Process of Mixing Hydrocarbons with Fine Earthy Matter and of Consuming the Same;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, 'clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the.

art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a process of mixing hydrocarbons with fine earthy materials or with granulated coal, sawdust, or other like granular or powdered material for fuel, and

to a process of mixing and simultaneously consuming such mixed or compound fuel; and my invention consists, essentially, first, in mechanically feeding a stream of granular mate- 2o rial and a stream'of liquid carbonaceous material in-juxtaposition and by apowerful blast scattering both streams and mixing the materials of both.

My invention consists, secondly, in the pro- 2 5 cess of mixing, as above referred to, in a furnace and simultaneously igniting and consuming the carbon of the mixed fuel.

In carrying out my inventionI construct an apparatus consisting of a hopper for holding 0 the granular or powdered material provided with suitable conveyers and conduits for con ducting the material to the mouth of the furnace; a suitable tank for holding the hydro: carbon provided with pipes, cocks, &c., for conducting and regulating the fiow thereof under a head or under a pressure to the mouth of the furnace; at suitable blower and asystem of pipes or means for creating a blast to scatter or diffuse both the liquid and solid mao terials, and thereby causing a perfect admixture of the two, and a gas or other flame arranged near the mouth of the conduits of solid and liquid materials and of the blast'pipes, whereby the mixed fue l/is ignited. This pro- 4 5 cess may be advantageous in metallurgical (processes in this, that. the fluxes may be mixed nd projected into'thefurnace by this process, [furnishing a Vehicle'for separating the liquid carbon as wellas a flux or medium to assist in the fusion and reduction ,of metals.

A convenient form of apparatus for cxrry- I ing out my process of mixing and consuming hydrocarbons and abaseis shown in. the drawing, in which the figure is a side elevation, showing the earth-conduit, the hydrocarbon- 5 5 conduit, the blast-pipe, gaspipe, blower, and hopper.

In the drawing, A is a Root or other blower mounted upon a suitable base. Upon the blower is mounted by frame-work a system of gearing and a separate conduit, similar to those shown and described in my application for apparatus for feeding and consuming pulverized fuel, filed of even date herewith.

B is the air-trunk, from which spring blast tubes or pipes b b, which are connected with the trunk by dovetail bases 1).

O is a pipe leading from a tank of petroleum or other hydrocarbon, the nozzle of which dips, as shown. 7o D is the. pulverized earth-conduit leading from the hopper E to the furnace. The conveyer is provided near its extremity with a series of months or openings, (1, through which the pulverized earthy material drops by grav- 7 5 ity until caught and dispersed by the blast. The conveyer cl is driven'through suitable gearing driven from the main blower-shaft.

F is a conduit leading from the furnace, which has a hopper-like bottom, to the hopper E. Within this conduit there is a conveyer driven by suitable gearing,which transfers the fine earthy matter which falls to the bottom of the furnace to the hopper E, to be used over and over again.

In carrying out my process it will be observed that any suitable means of feeding the pulverized earth or of feeding the hydrocarbon may be adopted, as well as any suitable means for producing a blast or a flame, the eso sential characteristics of my invention being, first, bringing the two kinds of material in juxtaposition, and then scattering by a blast, and thereby mixing them 5 and, second, in simultaneously igniting by any means the car- 93 bon so mixed, so as to utilize the separation of the carbon and the supply of oxygen due to. the blast in the consumption of the carbon.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by 10c Letters Patent, is

1. The process of mixing fine material and liquid carbon for the production of fuel, consisting in conducting a stream of fine material and astream of hydrocarbon and discharging said materials from their conduits in j uxtaposition, and whilesuspcnded intermixing the particles of both streams by a separate stream or blast of air,as hcreinbefore set forth.

2. The process herein described of mixing line material and liquid carbon, and simultaneously igniting and consuming the carbon, consisting in conducting a stream of fine material and a stream of hydrocarbon, and discharging said materials from their conduits in juxtaposition, and While suspended intermixing the particles of both streams by a separate stream or blast of air, and simultaneously for the liquid carbon, means for producingand separately conducting a blast, and jet for ignition, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JULIUS LEEDE.

\Yitnesses:

V. '1). STOCKBRLDGE, \VM. A. ROSENBAUM. 

